Real estate operators empower 500 women in Kano

From Mustapha Adamu, Kano Tabarakallah Masha’Allah Global Resources Limited, a Kano-based Real estate and property management company has empowered 500 women on small scale businesses in the state. PEOPLES DAILY reports that the empowerment is...

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie’s Musical Band of Armenian Orphans

The 40 Armenian orphans with their leader, Kevork Nalbandian, in the middle holding a violin. (From the archives of St. George Armenian Apostolic Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) In the spring of 1924, Ras Tafari Makonnen, Ethiopia’s crown prince,...

Kenya Power completes Ksh 22M power line in Machakos

Kenya Power has completed the construction of an inter-connector between Kitui and Machakos counties at a cost of Ksh 22 million. The connection is designed to strengthen stability of electricity supply around SEKU University, Kwavonza, Katangini...

Nigeria News1 hour ago This Is Disrespectful – Minister Blasts Opposition Over Claims That North Has Rejected Tinubu Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Yusuf Atah, has stated that there is no truth to reports that the North …

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Yusuf Atah, has stated that there is no truth to reports that the North has turned against President Bola Tinubu. Speaking via a statement by his media aide, Seyi Olorunsola, Atah...

Africa's climate health crisis could amplify global $1.5 trillion productivity loss as continent bears 94% of world's malaria burden

In the next 25 years, climate-driven health impacts could result in the loss of more than $1.5 trillion in lost output from select climate-health illnesses. This is according to a new report from the World Economic Forum, developed in...

Nigeria and senior advocates of no-consequence, SAN

Opinion By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu THE ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the admission of new entrants into Nigeria’s legal profession. The responsibility for administering it resides in the Body of Benchers (BoB), a statutory...

Club Med to open bookings for its south Africa beach & safari resort

Club Med will open bookings in October 2025 for its South Africa Beach & Safari Resort, a new all-inclusive property on KwaZulu-Natal’s Dolphin Coast with an associated safari lodge in the Hluhluwe area. The company plans a limited booking offer...

Forensic lens on Africa’s food security landscape: Urban dreams, empty fields

Africa’s story in the 21st century is often told in the language of progress—rising skylines, bustling megacities, and technological dreams. Today, the continent stands at a crossroads where glittering urban dreams collide with the haunting...

Business News | Despite Price Pressure, Urbanisation & Income Growth Driving Housing Demand in India: Report

New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Urbanisation and rising household incomes continue to sustain housing demand in India, even amid increasing property prices in key cities such as Bengaluru and the National Capital Region (NCR), according to a...

Dubai inflation rises in September on higher housing and utility costs

Dubai inflation rose slightly to 2.9 per cent on an annual basis in September, up from 2.4 per cent in August, on the back of higher costs for housing and utilities, according to the latest data from Dubai Statistics Centre. Housing, utilities and...

Dangote opens ₦270bn cement plant in Côte d’Ivoire, after Ethiopia fertiliser plant

Dangote has expanded his cement empire to another African country with a new 3.0 million metric tonne plant The new plant shows the company’s commitment to increasing industrialisation and self-sufficiency in Africa The move comes as the Dangote...

Le projet africain de Grande muraille verte peine à verdir au Sénégal

Le projet africain de la Grande muraille verte a débuté comme un plan ambitieux visant à créer une bande d'arbres de 15 kilomètres de large à travers le nord de l'Afrique. L'Union africaine a lancé ce projet en 2007 avec pour objectif de planter...

Ghana Immigration Service repatriates 32 West African nationals over cybercrime

Accra, Oct 13, GNA-The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has successfully repatriated 32 (thirty-two) West African nationals suspected of engaging in cyber fraud, specifically romance scams. The suspects, comprising 24 Nigerians and 8 Togolese,...

Peter Obi faults demolitions of citizens’ property without prior notice

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has condemned the destruction of citizens’ property and means of livelihood by government authorities without prior notice. In a statement issued via his...

The hidden hustle: why funding feels out of reach for South African small businesses

Article provided by SAICA For South African entrepreneurs, raising capital can feel like trying to enter a locked room without a key. Even with a growing customer base, a solid idea and proof that your business works, finding funding often becomes...

Police bust human trafficking, cyber fraud ring in Ashaiman …7 Nigerians rescued

The Tema Regional Police Command has dismantled a human trafficking and cyber fraud syndicate at Peace Land, Ashaiman, rescuing seven Nigerians and arresting three key suspects. The operation, carried out by the Zenu Atadeka District Police Patrol...

Zimbabwe’s Transvaal Africa to debut B767 cargo ops pre-AOC

Transvaal Africa Airlines is gearing up to launch cargo operations with a chartered B767-300ER freighter in the coming weeks, its first major step towards becoming Zimbabwe’s next dedicated air freight carrier. The charter operations will run in...

Analysts Tie Nigeria’s Industrialisation To Robust Govt Policies 

2 LAGOS – Only policies that would strengthen consumer demand, boost output, raw materials and employment indicators will optmise capacity for Nigeria’s Industrialisation, analysts have said. They also said that local production capacity,...

Top 5 home selling mistakes to avoid, according to REMAX South Africa experts

Selling a home can be an exciting journey, but it also comes with plenty of pitfalls that could end up costing sellers valuable time and money. To help homeowners avoid common missteps, REMAX Southern Africa asked their agents to share the biggest...

Afrobeats lacks originality, intellectual property theft rampant – Mr Real

Music artist, Okafor Uchenna Victor, popularly known as Mr Real, has expressed concern over what he described as high level of intellectual property theft in Nigerian music industry. The ‘Legbegbe’ crooner claimed that Afrobeats as a genre lacks...